The Ethical Foundations of Hume's Theory of Politics

"Kolin has written an original interpretation of Hume's politics. The originality of this book is how Kolin demonstrates Hume's Theory of Politics as a tension between nature and artifice. His discussion of property and Rousseau illustrate how he challenges the notion that Hume is a conservative about politics." (Marshall Berman, City College & C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center)
"Professor Kolin's analysis of the relation between private property and the common welfare yields new insights into Hume's political thought and also bearsd irectly on contemporary debate on the scope and limit of the Free Market." (Martin Fleisher, C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center)